The Food That Built America - Season 2 - Eps 10: The TV Dinner

2021-04-1143 min⭐ 7.8/10

Gilbert Swanson inherits his father's frozen turkey company and partners with a food chemist to innovate a revolutionary dinner that Americans can heat up at home... they call it the TV Dinner. And when a restauranteur named Vernon Stouffer tries to bring his frozen meals to market, he's blown out of the water by the TV Dinner... until he harnesses a new technology called...the microwave.

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About The Food That Built America

The Food That Built America

Title: The Food That Built America

First Air Date: 2019-08-11

Last Air Date: 2025-03-02

Status: Returning Series

Rating: 7.8/10 (from 28 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 6

Total Episodes: 65

Network: History

Genres: Documentary

Production Companies: Unknown

Synopsis

The fascinating stories of the families behind the food that built America, those who used brains, muscle, blood, sweat and tears to get to America's heart through its stomach, those who invented new technologies and helped win wars.

Cast

Campbell Scott

Campbell Scott

Narrator (voice)

Adam Richman

Adam Richman

Self - Tv Host

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